@OspreyMBB Hosts NJIT in Battle of Atlantic Sun Leaders

Thursday, February 18

Jacksonville, Fla.

7:00 p.m.

University of North Florida

NJIT

Tickets

2/17/2016 4:30:00 PM | Men's Basketball

By: North Florida Athletics

Game Notes (pdf)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-- In the closing stretch of the regular season, the North Florida basketball team hosts Atlantic Sun newcomer NJIT in a battle of top ranked teams Thursday in UNF Arena at 7 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN3 and carried on 1010XL AM and 92.5 FM.

Gameday Need to Know
Date	Thursday, Feb. 18
Time	7:00 p.m.
Opponent	NJIT \| Schedule \| Stats
Live Stats	UNF Live Stats
Live Video	ESPN3
Radio	1010XL AM \| 92.5 FM
Twitter	@OspreyMBB (In-game updates)

The Ospreys (18-10, 7-4 ASun) look to rebound following a string of four consecutive losses. UNF will be playing at home for the first time since having their 18-game home win streak snapped on Feb. 1 by Stetson. North Florida dropped a tough 94-87 decision on the road Saturday against Lipscomb. In that game, Dallas Moore collected the 30th 20-point outing of his career leading the way for UNF with 27 points while Beau Beech tallied his fifth career double-double finishing with 14 points and 10 rebounds.

NJIT (16-11, 7-4) is in its first season of play in the Atlantic Sun and was tabbed as one of the preseason favorites to claim the conference title. The Highlanders have won five straight games coming into Thursday's tilt and are tied with the Ospreys and Jacksonville atop the league standings. NJIT is led by Damon Lynn with 18.4 points per game.

Moore enters Thursday's contest needing just six points to become the all-time leading scorer in UNF basketball history. In addition, Trent Mackey is just a trio of three-pointers shy of becoming just the second player in UNF history to make 100 treys in a season.

Thursday has also been designated as the "Change for Change" game with fans encouraged to bring and donate their spare change to the American Cancer Society.

After facing the Highlanders, North Florida wraps up its regular season home slate Saturday against USC Upstate at 7 p.m. UNF's senior class will be honored in a pregame ceremony.

#QuickHits
- UNF and NJIT will be meeting for the 3rd time in program history with Ospreys having claimed the previous two meetings including a 94-80 win in Newark earlier this season
- Ospreys have lost their last 4 games (haven't lost 5 straight since 2010-11) / NJIT carries a 5-game win streak into the contest
- North Florida and NJIT are both currently receiving votes in the latest CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25
- Ospreys are 1 of 8 teams in nation with 5 or more players averaging double digits
- North Florida is 11-1 at home this season while NJIT is 7-6 in road contests
-UNF has allowed 90+ pts in last 2 games matching the times it occured in the previous 26 games this year
- Dallas Moore needs 6 pts to become UNF's all-time leading scorer
- The tandem of Demarcus Daniels (64) & Chris Davenport (54) rank second in the nation with 118 combined blocks / Bethune-Cookman duo has tallied 141

#BirdsOfTrey
*UNF ranks 1st in the nation for 3PM & 3PM/game while listed 8th in NCAA for 3PT%
*Ospreys are 1 of 2 teams in nation with 300+ 3PM (348) / UNF has set program's single season record
*Set the program's single game record with 20 3PM against NJIT
* UNF has had 4+ players with a 3PM in every game
• Double digit treys in 24 games including 11 of last 12
*Trent Mackey (97) & Beau Beech (86) rank 4th & 8th nationally for 3PM
* Mackey/Beech also listed 8th/33rd in 3PT% and 8th/22nd in 3PT/game